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Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance

African Swine Fever

The meeting of the Rosselkhoznadzor representatives headed
by Sergey Dankvert and extended delegation of the European Union was held in
Moscow on July 16. During the negotiations the European party was headed by
Acting Director of Directorate D, Directorate General for Health and Food
Safety (DG SANTE) of the European Commission Matthew Hudson. The aim of the
talks was to discuss topical issues of cooperation in the veterinary and
phytosanitary field. The representatives of the Permanent Mission of the
Russian Federation to the European Union, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Russia and the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia also took part in the meeting.

On April 9, 2019 the Rosselkhoznadzor representatives took part in the International Symposium on African Swine Fever Prevention and Control in Beijing (China) at the invitation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.

On April 9, 2019 the Rosselkhoznadzor representatives will participate in the International Symposium on African Swine Fever Prevention and Control in Beijing, China at the invitation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

The Rosselkhoznadzor specialists visited Belgium on January 29 – 30, 2019 in order to exchange experience and evaluate the actions, taken by the state veterinary services to eradicate ASF outbreaks. The parties also discussed technical issues of veterinary information systems integration.

On January 17, 2019 a traditional round table meeting was held with representatives of the competent services and business associations of Russia, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and France within the Rosselkhoznadzor delegation’s working program at the international agricultural exhibition Green Week - 2019 in Berlin. The Rosselkhoznadzor was represented by Head of the Service Sergey Dankvert.

In the period from September 24 till September 25, 2018 the 11th meeting of the Standing Group of Experts on African swine fever (ASF) of the Global Framework for Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) was held in Warsaw, Poland, on the platform of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The event was attended by the members of the European Commission (EC), the OIE Regional Representation in Moscow, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance (GARA) meeting took place on April 11-13, 2018 in Cagliari (Italy).

Director of the FGBI “Federal Centre for Animal Health” (ARRIAH), subordinate to the Rosselkhoznadzor, Dmitry Lozovoy and Head of ARRIAH Reference Laboratory for ASF Alexey Igolkin took part in the event.

On March 26, 2018 a meeting was held at the level of ministries and heads of veterinary services on ASF spread and prevention in Europe, including Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in Warsaw (Poland). At the event, the Russian delegation was represented by Advisor to the Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor Nikita Lebedev, Head of the Reference laboratory for ASF of the FGBI "ARRIAH" Alexei Igolkin and Russia's representative to the EU Pavel Kulakov.